Posted on 04/23/2012 7:44:18 PM PDT by mandaladon
Sooner or later, a black Republican woman was bound to run for Congress. It’s just that nobody expected her to hail from Utah.
Mia Love won the GOP nomination for the 4th Congressional District race Saturday at the Utah Republican Convention, scoring a major upset after wowing the crowd with a roof-raising speech at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy.
The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Mrs. Love took 70.4 percent of the delegate vote, well in excess of the 60 percent required to avoid a primary runoff under Utah’s unique rules. She defeated former state legislator Carl Wimmer, who had been viewed as the heavy favorite. He mustered only 29.6 percent of the vote.
If Mrs. Love, 37, defeats her Democratic opponent, Rep. Jim Matheson, she will become the first black Republican woman to serve in the House.
“She really gave a great speech. She gave an enthusiastic and well-delivered speech,” said Tim Chambless, associate professor of political science at the University of Utah. “And I think there’s a desire to send a message to the rest of the country that Utah is not all white males.” The mayor of Saratoga Springs, Mrs. Love also may have benefited from a convention backlash spurred by state Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, a Wimmer supporter. Before the final vote, Mr. Shurtleff urged delegates to back a candidate with “a proven record who can beat Jim Matheson this fall. Not a novelty.”
Some delegates booed his remark, and Mr. Shurtleff later issued a tearful apology, saying he inadvertently made a “terrible choice of words.” He said he had meant to imply that Mrs. Love was new to the process.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I don’t want great speakers.....
I want hord-core DOER’s!!!
Give me someone who says—Lead or GET OUT OF MY WAY !!!
Truly, my apologies for my misdirected, vulgar, and harsh comment.
sorry... racist AND sexist
Sure it is, but she's not the one promoting her sex and race. The media is. You accused her of being guilty of that, which was a false charge.
West joined the CBC to piss them off, Tim Scott didn’t bother with it. They are irrelevant but if she wants to join she’s in. On the other hand this white dem from a Black district tried to join and they humiliated him.
From Utah, With Love.
Sorry, I’m confused. I went back to the comment I posted about and the photo is not Ms. Love, rather it is Angela McGowin or something like that. Angela is quite a bit lighter than Ms. Love, not that it should make a difference, which in Brazil it sometimes does or does not.
The Washington Times wrote that headline, not Ms. Love. Nowhere in the article is she quoted as saying that nor anything like that. Take up your gripe with the Washington Times, not Ms. Love. Those aren't her words.
The Washington Times wrote that headline, not Ms. Love. Nowhere in the article is she quoted as saying that nor anything like that. Take up your gripe with the Washington Times, not Ms. Love. Those aren't her words.
The Mormonophobes will be after her for being a Mormon and a Republican.
Such a person is societal outcast under the rocks of Free Republic
Sorry, I’m confused. I went back to the comment I posted about and the photo is not Ms. Love, rather it is Angela McGowin or something like that. Angela is quite a bit lighter than Ms. Love, not that it should make a difference, which in Brazil it sometimes does or does not.
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